FEMA gives away $85 million of supplies for Katrina victims

FEMA gives away $85 million of supplies for Katrina victims

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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- FEMA gave away about $85 million in household goods meant for Hurricane Katrina victims, a CNN investigation has found.

The material, from basic kitchen goods to sleeping necessities, sat in warehouses for two years before the Federal Emergency Management Agency's giveaway to federal and state agencies this year.

James McIntyre, FEMA's acting press secretary, said that FEMA was spending more than $1 million a year to store the material and that another agency wanted the warehouses torn down, so "we needed to vacate them."

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Just another astonishing failure for FEMA. So many supplies that could have been used by so many people, instead they pay to keep it all locked away in a warehouse. Perhaps even more shocking is the fact that FEMA referred to this event as 'not news' when asked about it by CNN. In other words, 'meh, not a big deal'.

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[edit on 12-6-2008 by flybynight]

OMG
omg

I just watched the news link.

I cant BELEIVE THIS ............HOW has our gubmint gotten so bassackards?

This made me cry it really did.
AND I am sick to my stomech.

SHAME ON FEMA! SHAME!!

my big question is why the hell dident they give them to the victims that they were intended for. i mean they were able to get these unfortunate people in to fema trailers with all the fermaldhyde. they were capable of giving them those lil fema cash cards. yet were unable to get them the goods that were slated for them? what thw hell!!, and then to say "this is not news" what a crock.

edited because i had a bad typo

[edit on 6/12/2008 by krill]

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FEMA gives away $50 million for Katrina victims

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